Skip to main content

Entry is free,

We are Open Today from 10:30am

Social Divisions of Congleton in the 19th Century. Pt 2: The Working Classes and the Destitute

Description

This booklet is the second part of the “Social Divisions of Congleton” series. As industrialisation took over Congleton, the need for working class housing increased. This booklet looks at the way in which this type of housing grew in the town and how the Corporation supported the destitute by converting the old Lower Chapel to a workhouse in 1730. It opened a purpose-built institution in 1810, before becoming part of the Board of Guardians for Congleton Union, whose new workhouse was constructed at Arclid.

Author: Peter Boon

Booklet size: A5

Social Divisions of Congleton in the 19th Century. Pt 2: The Working Classes and the Destitute

£1.20

This booklet is the second part of the “Social Divisions of Congleton” series, focussing on the working classes.

SKU: 608 Category: Booklets

The Chemists of Bridge Street (1832-1946)

The chemists which operated in Bridge Street, Congleton, in the 19th and 20th centuries.

My Grandmother’s House

The story of life in the author's grandmother's house, a Victorian "Tunnel-Back" terraced house in Congleton.

The Old Mill 1752-2003

A history of Congleton's largest and oldest silk mill

Medieval Congleton

The story of Congleton from the granting of its first Charter by Henry de Lacy in 1272 to the end of the 15th century.

Early History of Congleton Pt 2: The Anglo-Saxons and the Normans

The history of Congleton at the time of the Domesday Book

George Sandbach: Letters from a Soldier

Booklet telling the story of 3776058 Private George Sandbach Somerset Light Infantry, from his letters.